Venture & Business Architect · Kigali

I design the systemsthat make Africa's blindspots measurable,and fixable.

I work with governments, corporates and development partners to turn a failing outcome into a system they can fund and build: the research, the architecture, the business model and the regulatory pathway.

Free 15-minute initial consult · no preparation needed
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Kezah Kayitesi · Kigali
Blind spots, measured
80%
of Rwanda's FMCG trade is invisible to the revenue authority.
BEV Digital
45%
of young women still don't get an HIV test, though 96% of 15–24-year-olds know where to.
SRB
Under 30%
of the $96B reaching Africa as remittances arrives at productive investment.
Kesho
01 · Offers

Four ways to work with me, from first question to a team that builds.

01

Blind Spot Diagnostic

For institutions that know something is failing but not why.
The root cause is invisible, so money goes to symptoms.
A problem research brief, a stakeholder map, where the data is missing, and a clear recommendation on whether to build.
About 3–4 weeks
02

System Blueprint

For governments, corporates and development partners ready to design the solution.
A good idea with no architecture, financing logic or regulatory path.
The Solutions Manual: concept note, system architecture, business and financial model, regulatory and legal pathway, FRD.
About 8–12 weeks
03

Build Team Assembly

For clients holding a blueprint.
The right builders are hard to find and brief.
A curated, briefed execution team: developers, engineers, architects, depending on the sector.
Scoped per project
04

Venture Architecture Sprint

For founders, studios and investors.
An early venture about to raise or build on untested assumptions.
A stress-tested model, the system architecture and a go or no-go view.
About 4–6 weeks

Not sure which one fits? Start with a free 15-minute consult.

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02 · Selected work

Systems I have architected, each stated exactly as it stands.

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Dark green technical15 slides
Supply chain

BEV Digital

A national FMCG traceability platform: cryptographic unit identity at the factory, an append-only custody ledger, five role-based portals and live compliance checks.

Proof of concept with Inyange Industries proposed
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Cover slide of the SOMA 1 deck
Editorial research7 slides
Education

SOMA 1

A national digital curriculum platform bringing Rwanda's best primary teachers to all 3,831 primary schools, at $1.80 per student per year.

Submitted for ministerial review
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Navy and gold15 slides
Capital markets

Kesho

A regulated Qatar–East Africa marketplace for tokenised real estate, based in Doha under the QFC framework.

Pre-revenue · FY2027 first operating year
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Editorial research7 slides
Marketplaces

Snappe

A marketplace formalising East Africa's second-hand clothing trade. Co-founded; 1,000+ vendors, 100+ riders and a banking partner. Currently paused.

Co-founded · beta to MVP · currently paused
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Editorial research7 slides
Health

SRB

A concept note and funding proposal to close Rwanda's youth sexual-health access gap with one private kit and two delivery tracks.

Concept note circulating to funders; none secured yet
View the case study
03 · Method

Pains to Systems. It starts with the people a system is failing.

Six stages. What you receive at the Blueprint stage is the Solutions Manual. It is how a client gets there, never the point.

STAGE 01 OF 06

01Explore

What happens
Discovery calls to understand the client's needs and ideal outcome.
What you get
A shared definition of the problem and success.

02Research

What happens
Industry and problem research.
What you get
Evidence of the root cause and where data is missing.

03Design

What happens
Three to four concept sprints, co-created with the client at two levels for alignment.
What you get
An agreed concept.

04Blueprint

What happens
Building the documentation the problem needs.
What you get
The Solutions Manual: concept note, slides, legal blueprint, FRD, system design.

05Submit

What happens
Final delivery.
What you get
A handover ready for funding or approval.

06Assemble (optional)

What happens
Curating the execution team for the sector.
What you get
A briefed build team.
Start at stage 1 with a free call
04 · Why I do this

I design the rails that level the odds, because access, not ability, decides most lives.

I grew up in Kenya as a refugee of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. I lived uptown; many of my cousins did not. Same family, different odds, and the difference was access. Every line below is a person, and the system built for them.

A P3 learner in a rural province who can actually read.SOMA 1A distributor looped into the credit system, not punished for their size.BEV DigitalA mother who gives her child medicine without gambling on its authenticity.BEV Digital
Free health care, because life ought not be sold.Med-i
05 · About and proof
3,831
primary schools in SOMA 1's national design
2,500+
young people engaged through participatory action research
1,000+
vendors on Snappe, which I co-founded
2
countries where AC Group revenue reporting was adopted
Kezah Kayitesi

Kezah Kayitesi is a venture and business architect based in Kigali, Rwanda.

She works with governments, corporates, development partners and founders to move from the people a system is failing to a Solutions Manual a team can fund and build. She co-founded Snappe, taking it from beta to MVP, and has led research for an AfDB workstream at Open Capital Advisors.

Credentials
  • BA, International Business & Trade, First Class Honours, African Leadership University (2017–2020)
  • MBA, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, One League University (2022–2024)
  • Management Science & Engineering, Stanford Center for Professional Development (2023)
  • Four University of Geneva courses in investment and portfolio management; Jasiri alumna (2021)
07 · Contact

Tell me what is failing. We will find out why.

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We start with a free 15-minute initial conversation. If you want to go further, you then book a full 60-minute exploration call at $250.

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